Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised from Chicago. These were major broadcast events, and the amount of equipment and people brought in is just amazing.
‘All Star Review’, 1952 In the last year of so of this NBC show, Martha Raye was the host of this popular show as it morphed from a rotating host format to a single host. Soon after, it became ‘The Martha Raye Show’. In this shot, Martha is rehearsing a spot for Kellogs with Arthur […]
An NBC press release heralds a new studio at NBC’s Burbank facility, December 1983.
November 17, 1946…TV’s 1st Magazine Style Show Debuts “Television Screen Magazine” was the show, and it may have been the second ever NBC network series, but it was certainly among the first. NBC’s “Hour Glass” variety show came first with a debut on May 9, 1946. At the time, NBC’s television network included only three […]
Ed Sullivan stage manager Eddie Brinkmann gives a glimpse of what you didn’t see on camera. He was the Stage Manager for Ed Sullivan from Day 1, till the end, and worked on many of the biggest CBS shows of the era.